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NY A07869
Bill
Status
7/7/2023
Primary Sponsor
Jo Simon
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AI Summary
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Establishes a statewide uniform incident reporting system for public school districts, boards of cooperative educational services, and county vocational education boards to track removals of students and other persons from classrooms and school property.
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Requires schools to annually report removal incidents to the commissioner including: school and teacher names, student age/grade, reasons for removal, school response actions, and disciplinary measures taken.
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Mandates the commissioner submit an annual report by January 1st to the governor, legislature, and regents identifying schools and districts with highest and lowest removal rates, and naming individual teachers with unusually large numbers of removals.
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Allows the commissioner to take appropriate action against teachers who demonstrate an unusually large number of removals or unsatisfactory reasons for removals.
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Requires confidentiality protections for all personally identifiable information collected under the system, with data used only for its intended purpose and perpetuated in the registry for further evaluation.
Legislative Description
Enacts a uniform incident reporting system regarding removal of students and other persons from classrooms and school property; establishes a registry to include the names of all persons who are removed from classrooms and school property, name of the school district and school, name of teacher, age and grade of student, reason for removal, action taken by school, and disciplinary action against student; requires annual report to governor, legislature and board of regents; provides for reports to commissioner of education and allows him to take appropriate action.
Last Action
referred to education
1/3/2024